Whispering Willows
Game Details: Fantasy, 2015
Steam Achievements: Completed (20/20)
Links: Moby Games, Steam, Adventure Gamers
Walkthrough Updated: 1/5/2025
Suggested Listening: Caught Up in the Panic (Ash 25)
Chapter 1
Wortham's War
Go left and search the pile of rubble to find your amulet. Now go right until the amulet glows and use it to change into spirit form. Talk to the ghost (Flying Hawk). Continue right in spirit form and fly up through the crack above the door. Possess the switch and flip it up to open the door. Return to human form First Contact.
Head through the gate and up through the dark opening. Continue left, down 2 ladders, then left and up a ladder. Go left into the next room. Switch to spirit form and fly up through a ceiling crack, then down again on the left. Possess the switch and flip it up to open the door. Change back to human form, then go left and pick up the storage key. Return right and down the ladder, then go up through the dark doorway on the left. Walk left and climb down the ladder, then go left again and use the storage key to unlock the door. Go to the far left, then pick up the note. Switch to spirit form and fly up through the ceiling crack. Possess the switch and flip it up. Talk to the ghost (Anastasio Arbore) on the right, then return to human form.
Head to the far right, past the cage, and go back up the ladder. Continue up through the dark doorway, then go right past the first two ladders, climbing down the third one. Now go left past some crypts until you find a crescent key to pick up. Start to return right and an evil spirit will appear. Quickly run to the right and change into spirit form to get through the crack. Possess the switch and flip it up, then return to human form. Run right and climb up the ladder I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost.
Head left and climb up another 2 ladders, then go right. Head up through a dark doorway and up one more ladder to the right. Use the crescent key to unlock the door on the right, then climb up the stairs to exit the catacombs.
Go right past the fountain and the garden exit, and pick up the bucket. Now go back to the left and head up through the garden exit door. Continue left and through another opening to reach the front of the mansion. Go left into the toolshed and pick up the shovel. Leave the toolshed again and go through the archway to return to the back of the mansion. Now head left into the guest house.
Go left through the door, then continue past the fireplace and up the stairs. Change into spirit form, then head up through the ceiling crack and back down to the right. Possess the dresser and move it to the right, then return to human form. Now you can open the door to the right. Head right to the end of the corridor, then go down through the doorway into a bathroom. Change to spirit form again, go through the crack in the left wall and make your way through a small maze. At the far end, possess the painting and straighten it up to open a tunnel beneath the maze. Return to human form, then crawl through this tunnel. Pick up the sheet music from the table. Return back through the tunnel.
Go up through the doorway, then left along the corridor and back down the stairs. Go over to the piano, then change into spirit form and give the sheet music to the ghost (Alonzo Martinez) - this will reveal a ladder inside the fireplace. Return to human form. Climb down the ladder into the basement. Walk to the far right and use the shovel. Return left and climb back up the ladder Give them a Hand.
Head right and leave the guest house, then continue right. Walk down to return to the front of the mansion, then go right until you reach a well. Attach the bucket here, then enter the well. Climb all the way to the bottom of the well Free Bird.
Head back up to the surface, then go left and enter the mansion.
Chapter 2
Wortham's Warrior
Go right to see a closed gate. Change into spirit form and talk to the ghost (Darby O'Halloran). Return to human form. Return left to the entrance hall and climb up the stairs on the left. Continue left until you reach a hole in the floor. Change into spirit form and fly up through the hole in the ceiling. Possess the desk on the left, then move it to the left so that it falls down and bridges the gap in the floor below What Ghost Up Must Come Down.
Return to human form. Head up the stairs and go right to the next hole in the floor. Change into spirit form and fly up through the ceiling crack. Possess the lever and push it up to lower a ladder, then return to human form. Climb up the ladder and go through the door to the right. In the next room, move the commode to the left. Change into spirit form and fly down through the crack. Possess the trophy room key and bring it back up through the crack, then return to human form.
Pick up the trophy room key. Go back down to the entrance hall and use the trophy room key to open the door at the top right. Continue right and up some more stairs, then up through a door. Examine the fox statue on the floor What Does the Fox Say?.
Continue left and down some stairs to find a locked door. Change into spirit form and fly through the crack over the door. Possess the switch on the wall and flip it up to open the door, then return to human form. Go right, down the stairs, and to the far left to get a letter from the desk. Return right and up the stairs again. There is a ghost scorpion here that will kill you if it touches you - it becomes visible only when it is very close or if you are in spirit form. You need to make your way past it while it is within its hole in the room to the left. Continue left and back up the stairs Itsy Bitsy.
Go all the way back to the entrance hall and through the bottom right door. Change into spirit form and talk to the ghost (Darby O'Halloran) again, now that you have the letter. Return to human form. Go left to the entrance hall and through the top left door. Change into spirit form again and talk to the ghost (Claire O'Halloran), who tells you to go out to the toolshed. Return to human form, then go right to the entrance hall and head back outside.
Change into spirit form and fly up to the window at the top right of the mansion, then head inside. Fly to the left to find a dark ghost, then return out through the window It's a Me, Boo.
Return to human form. Head left and enter the toolshed. Examine the clock and set the time to just before 4 o'clock. Change into spirit form and talk to the ghost (Jeremiah Moad) to get a bloody key. Return to human form and leave the toolshed. Go to the back of the mansion, then go right and into the garden. Head left and enter the catacombs.
Head left and climb down the ladder, then go up through the doorway to the left and climb down 2 more ladders. Continue left past another ladder, then head down through a doorway. Open the locked door to the right using the bloody key. Pick up the bloody shirt from the altar. Make your way back out of the catacombs once more.
Go right and out of the garden, then to the front of the mansion and into the mansion. From the main entrance, go right and change into spirit form. Talk to the ghost (Darby O'Halloran) about the bloody shirt. Return to human form. Leave the mansion again, going right to the back of the mansion, then leave and into the garden. Stand near the large locked gate to the right and change into spirit form. Talk to the ghost (Sky Flower) who needs you to collect 3 flowers from the maze. Now you can enter the garden maze.
Head right until you reach a hole in the ground. Change into spirit form and possess the bench, dragging it left to bridge the hole. Return to human form, then go right and up through the doorway. Head left, crawling beneath a hedge, so you can pick up the fuchsia flower (1/3). Return right beneath the hedge, then up through the first opening. Next head left and up through an opening with a pitchfork next to it. Go right past the first doorway and down through the next opening. Pick up a garden key from the statue to the right.
Return back up through the opening on the left, Go to the far left and down through the opening, to return to the pitchfork. Open the locked door to the left with the garden key. Go through this door and up through the second opening. On the right, change into spirit form and fly through a crack in the hedge. Possess the purple flower and bring it back through the crack, then return to human form. Pick up the purple flower (2/3).
Go back down through the opening on the left. Head right, just past the pitchfork, change into spirit form. Talk to the ghost (Buford the Dog) - watch where he goes, then return to human form and follow him. Repeat this twice more and you will see him remove some vines. In human form, crawl through this new opening. Dig in the pile of leaves to get the magenta flower (3/3).
Return left beneath the hedge and down through the opening. Go all the way left and down through another opening to be back at the pitchfork. Continue right past a statue and down again, then right and down once more. Head all the way to the left and down through a large doorway to exit the garden maze Flower Power.
Change into spirit form and speak to the ghost (Sky Flower) to get a complete bouquet. Return to human form. Go left and down to exit the garden. Head right until you can head to the front of the mansion, then head left and go inside. From the entrance hall, go right and change into spirit form to talk to the 2 ghosts (Darby O'Halloran, Sky Flower) Irish He Was Alive.
Return to human form, then take the elevator up.
Chapter 3
Wortham's Woman
Walk left and go up through a door, then continue left and go down the stairs at the end. Change into spirit form and talk to the ghost (Fleur La Rue). Return to human form, then try to leave the room to the right, but the door will close. Pull the dresser from the left over to the pressure plate in the floor to keep the door open, then head right. Go down some more stairs, then head left into the kitchen. Open the cupboard on the left. Change into spirit form and possess the knife, then bring it down. Also talk to the ghost (Chef Smeraldo). Return to human form and pick up the bloody knife. Go right and unlock the door heading down, then go through. You can now head right to return to the entrance hall.
Go outside, then head left and go to the back of the mansion, followed by right and into the garden. Continue right and into the garden maze. Go to the far right and up through the opening. Go up through the next opening just to the left. Go to the far left and up through the final opening (near a broken gate). Go up through the next opening just to the left. Go right to find a small opening covered by vines, and use the bloody knife to cut the vines, then head through. Go right and examine the fountain Fantastic Amphibian.
Return left, down through an opening, left again and down through another opening. Go down through the next opening just to the right, and you will be back near the broken gate. Head to the far right and go down through the last opening. Continue down through the next opening just to the right. Now go to the far left and exit the garden maze, then left again and exit the garden.
Head right to find the conservatory, and use your bloody knife to cut the vines over the doorway, then head inside. Change into spirit form and possess the vase on the left, then move it right until it falls. Return to human form and search the broken vase to get a small key. Go up through the door just to the right. Change into spirit form and talk to the ghost (Alan Wood), then return to human form. Open the next door to the right using the small key. Pick up the nice smelling letter on the right. Return left, down and down to leave the conservatory.
Go right and head to the front of the mansion, then go left and head inside. Leave the entrance hall by going left, then go up through the first door. Continue right and up the stairs, then left until your amulet glows. Change into spirit form and talk to the ghost (Fleur La Rue) to exchange the nice smelling letter for Wortham's ring Ready Corset Ghost!.
Read the symbol on the wall just to the left, then return to human form. Go right, down the stairs, left and down through the door, then right to the entrance hall and outside. Head right and to the back of the mansion, then go to the right and enter the observatory. Go upstairs and change into spirit form. Talk to the ghost (Les Rivers), then fly downstairs and examine the symbol on the wall Light Light.
Return to human form, then go downstairs and head outside. Run left and go to the front of the mansion, then continue left and head back inside. From the entrance hall, go left and then up through the first door again. Climb down the ladder to the right to reach the wine cellar. Examine the tall rack of wine bottles and move bottles to show this pattern:
A secret door will open to the left Wine Not.
Go through the secret door and head right until you reach a large crate. Change into spirit form to see a ghost scorpion to the right. Watch until it enters the hole, then quickly return to human form and move the crate to block the hole and trap it. Now you can safely continue right and climb up the ladder into a bedroom. Go to the far left, down 4 flights of stairs, then to the far right. Examine the banana painting This S**t is Bananas.
Change into spirit form and talk to the ghost (Marcy Divite), then return to human human. Go to the far left and unlock the door at the base of the stairs (but don't go through). Head up the stairs, then go to the far right and up some more stairs. Go through the door to the left and step forward to see John Elkhorn. Change into spirit form, then fly left to see Wortham Willows.
Now go to the far left end of the hall (past the staircase you came down). Unlock the foreground door at the base of these, then go up the stairs. At the top of the stairs, head to the far right end of the hall and up another two flights of stairs. Enter the left-side door and you'll be confronted with a macabre scene, where you'll need to approach in spirit form.
Chapter 4
Wortham's Woes
You will wake up outside Family Reunion.
Pick up a telescope filter. Go to the back of the mansion, then head to the far right and enter the observatory. Go upstairs and attach the lens to the telescope. Notice the constellation image on the right, then use the telescope to recreate this constellation by using these settings:
A door will open at the base of the stairs. Go down and through this door. Walk left and examine the graffiti on the wall BOO-UYA. Carefully walk left and watch for a ghost scorpion, which is visible as it gets close to the steam. When it goes past the ladder, quickly climb up. Examine the bricked-up fireplace Rest Your Soul.
Continue left and up the stairs, then right past the piano and up some more stairs. Climb the ladder just to the right, then carefully go left. There is another ghost scorpion here that is visible only in the light. Avoid this and climb down the first ladder, then up the second and down and third ladder. Now head down 2 flights of stairs on the left. Examine the knight holding a sword. Rotate the sword to the right until it is on a similar angle to the telescope in the painting to the left (a door will open when it is correct). Go through this door to the right.
Examine the knight here and rotate its spear until it is just past vertical, on a similar angle to the image in the painting to the right. Continue through the next opened door to the right. Go through the door and pick up the mace. Return left and upstairs, giving the mace to the final knight. Adjust the mace so it is in a similar angle to the gun in the painting to the left, and the next door will open Knight Light.
Head right, then unlock the door and go down through it. Continue up the stairs, then through the door on the left to return to where you saw your father. Approach and watch through the scenes. There will be several scenes where you have control of your spirit form:
- Possess the cupboard and close it
- Possess the table and shake it
- Quickly possess each of the 3 candles and raise their flames
Watch the final scenes Sixth Sense.